Last week was kind of hectic…This weekend we decided we could really make use of the great weather by going to Nonno & Nonna’s house…Pool Time!! We had so much fun on Saturday that we stayed the night, for a little more pool time in the morning. Thinking this might be the case, I packed a few ingredients for a possible Sunday Breakfast…

A had a friend in Middle School whose Mom would make these for us when she had friends over. I’ve never seen them done since, so I somehow credit this to her. Who knows, it may be widely popular already. Just in case you’ve yet to try it, let me show you a wonderful way to use those grocery-store Ready-to-Bake Crescent Rolls (any brand will do of course!)…Just follow the directions below…

…And bake according to the package directions…

Seriously, so good…so simple. You should try them. 😉

Well, we popped right back in the pool after breakfast and I grabbed a few photos for the ‘ole Family Album. She sure does loove to splash…Her sheer excitement with it makes me laugh…

And I’m pretty sure the caption of this last picture should read, “Yep, this is my Daddy. I’ve got him wrapped around my little finger….”

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Alright, hands up in the air, I admit it…I have Baby Fever! And this little boy was no help in the matter. Just look at him…So sweet and sleepy and with such cute little wrinkles…Oh, I just love it! He is such a good-natured and handsome newborn! I think his parents even said he is already sleeping through the night, at one week of age! Is that a Super Baby? Maybe! (or maybe he’s started waking up again by now…I know that’s how Baby O was for months!). His Mom ordered him this sweet little newsboy hat on Etsy.

Between background changes, look at this beautiful New Mama, enamored with her little one…

What a sweet family…

Looking oh-so hip in his stripey tie. I wanted to place it over his belly button but he preferred it to the side. I think he was right…it looks super cute like this…

And some sweet, sleepy photos at the end of our session…

Congratulations to Ryder’s Loving Parents! I am so excited for you. It was such a pleasure meeting you three and I hope you’ll enjoy this little Sneak Peek! Now, who here also has a sudden case of Baby Fever?

Thank you for reading this week! Please do check out the Stella & Dot Giveaway…We only have two entrants so far, and would love some more…What a fun Mother’s Day Gift idea! Have a wonderful weekend.

Parenting has its ups and downs, as parents from any generation can attest. Right now, for instance, Baby O has a cold and can’t stand to be anywhere other than in my arms. Once in my arms, she enjoys pulling on my hair, mainly because the first time she did so I let out such a yelp that she thought it was the best entertainment she’d had all day. Now, I try to suffer in silence, in the hopes that the novelty of it will soon wear off and she’ll stop yanking on my poor ponytail. Ouch!

But, I have to say, for all the ups and downs, I am really, truly, loving Parenthood. I feel like we’re getting in a “groove”, so to speak…Like things are really coming together, and sometimes, just sometimes, & fleetingly, I think, “Man, I’m kind of a good Mom”. The rest of the time, of course, I second-guess myself and just hope that I’m making the right decisions, and not traumatizing my baby in any way that will negatively affect her for years to come. Ah, Parenthood.

All this to introduce today’s photos…One of my favorite things about Parenting is finding ways to squeeze “magical” moments like this into our daughter’s daily life…

And I just love how cute she looks…At first skeptical of the sprinkler, and then fascinated by it…

She had so much fun trying to “smear” the water on her Daddy’s open hands. It feels like Summer is nearly here! I’m looking forward to many more “magical” moments like this. Thank you for reading!

We love having a special weekend Brunch here at our home-sweet-home. We sort of started it before Baby O came along, but now that we’re a Family, it seems only right to have some family traditions. To be honest, we haven’t done it in a while, but Sunday morning I woke up thinking we could use something a little festive to get the day started. I looked around for ideas and saw this cute little Cake Pop maker tucked in the corner of the pantry. My sister lent it to me to try out and I haven’t had a chance yet. But, Cake Pops for Breakfast (or even donut holes), as tempting as they may sound, didn’t sound like the right kick-start to the day. I decided to make “Waffle Pops”! Why not?…Okay, so they aren’t on a stick, so perhaps they should be called “Waffle Bites”, but I think “Pops” is catchier.

…Now, to be honest, I just used Bisquick for this. I usually love making things from scratch, but, for the purpose of experimenting, I wanted something quick and easy to whip up. I just dropped a spoonful of the batter in each hole and waited for 3-4 minutes for each batch to cook.

(Above) She lent me those tiny tongs to help get the goodies out of the pan and they were helpful indeed! (Below) This is what happened when I started to pour too much batter into the holes…the lid wouldn’t even shut…

…But, the result was kind of funny…They looked like little mini-Saturns!…

Perhaps if you have older kids, you’ll enjoy trying some of those ideas out this weekend! Yesterday Baby O and I met her cousins at the Zoo. It was her first time to go and I was soo excited for her! I brought my fancy camera in hopes of catching some priceless moments of her brushing the baby goats in the petting zoo. Turns out she was much more interested in the playground. We played here while waiting for her cousins to meet us…

I processed these a little different, for fun. The thing about playground equipment is it’s usually a bright color and it bounces all over onto your kid’s skin tone when you’re taking photos of them. Have you ever noticed that?? So, I processed these with a bit of a “vintage” tone, to pretend the color variation was on purpose! 😉

I love these next three because she has these very goofy moments every once in a while, where she’s hopped up on excitement and she starts babbling up a storm and flailing her little hands around as if she’s talking with her gal pals about something oh so juicy…

Here she is waiting to go across the “shaky” bridge…

…and her genuine excitement when her Big Cousin comes bounding across the bridge…Seriously, she’s not yawning – She is pure excitement here…

And a quick shot of Little Cousin…

These are the only pics of all three of the cousins together from yesterday…sitting in a hippos mouth. All around a GOOD DAY! (Minus the stomach bug that Big Cousin ended up getting!)

Sooo, I’m thinking that, in honor of Earth Day, we should all try to get out and enjoy the great outdoors this weekend!! Have a good one!

We went to the zoo a week ago and seriously, the goats weren’t that much fun! You have really captured some great expressions on O. The look of trepidation before she crosses the bridge, the look of excitement when her cousins come. I love watching her discover her world.